Harlequin foetus.

Harlequin foetus.

Harlequin ichthyosis (or harlequin fetus)

The pat ient was a female neonate bor n prematurely on 36 weeks of gestation by normal vaginal delivery. During pregnancy, mother had no history of fever, drug use or x-ray exposure. The mother was gravida 2 and had no history of abortion. Her first baby was well. On physical examination, the skin was markedly thickened, hard and hyperkeratotic with deep crevices running transversely and vertic...

Harlequin Syndrome

Harlequin ichthyosis: Case report

Harlequin fetus is a rare and the most severe form of the congenital ichthyosis with an autosomal recessive inheritance. Incidence of the disease is nearly 1 in 3,00,000 live births. The disease might be lethal at birth and the affected babies are often premature. Harlequin ichthyosis (HI) is marked by severe keratinized and alligator-like horned skin. The present study reports a new case with ...

Foetus in Foetu.

Foetus in foetu, a descriptive term attributed to Meckel (circa 1800), should be applied only to those rare cases where a parasitic twin is found included within the abdomen of its partner. Lord (1954; 1956) reported two definite cases and reviewed other possible cases. In contrast, the variety of teratoma which occurs in the retroperitoneal space is much less defined. Since the description of ...